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Election Deciders

Forget Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard, who’ll really decide the federal election? The Power Index profiles the influential insiders, flacks and tabloid hacks whose frenzied focus will be firmly fixed on the race to the Lodge. READ MORE

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The Power Index counts down the top 10 “election deciders”, the definitive list of influential insiders, flacks and tabloid hacks whose frenzied focus between now and mid-September will be firmly fixed on the race to the Lodge.

For the next four months — and for most of the last three — these committed warriors have awoken every day with one thing on their minds: the struggle for supremacy in Canberra and the strategic interventions that could sway the result. Now we name them — the wheelers and dealers, headkickers and head honchos, silver tongues and message masseuses that will loom large in a federal election year.

The carbon cutters are driving the country’s low-emissions economy. The Power Index profiles the business chiefs, lawyers, regulators and bureaucrats reforming a carbon-hungry economy in a highly politicised environment.

Who are the most powerful people in Australian boardrooms? Beyond the bosses, a small clutch of well-connected, highly influential directors are driving corporate strategy in the nation’s top ASX-listed companies.

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1The campaign directors

Crikey has been counting down the most powerful people in the fight for the 2013 federal election. Here's our number one: the campaign directors. Who are these people, and what tack are they taking in 2013?Read more